Communiqué from Africa CDC on the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Extra Ordinary Virtual Summit of Heads of State and Government on the Cholera

Safeguarding Africa’s Health Communiqué from Africa CDC on the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Extra Ordinary Virtual Summit of Heads of State and Government on the Cholera situation in the region Summary On 20 January 2024, Africa CDC sensitised Heads of State and Government from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) regarding the increase of cholera-related cases and deat. [...] Recommendations for Action 4) The Heads of State and Governments for the SADC region unanimously agreed on the following recommendations and action in addressing the Cholera outbreak in the region by urging Member States to: a) Develop and implement regional solid and country multisectoral response plan that encompasses natural disasters and climatic effects on cholera re-emergence to control its. [...] 5) The SADC Summit commended the Africa CDC for technical and financial support towards the cholera response in the SADC region and recommended the AFRICA CDC to bring more epidemiologic data to facilitate the decision to Heads of State and Government to declare Cholera as a Public Health Emergency of Regional concern. [...] 7) In response to this SADC Extraordinary Summit, the Director General of Africa CDC welcomes the recommendations from the Heads of State and Government and reiterates his commitment to work with the Member States and partners to urgently contain the ongoing Cholera outbreak by deploying personnel and resources in collaboration with the Ministries of Health. [...] 8) The Africa CDC counts on the commitment of Member States to address the root cause of the recurrent cholera outbreaks to attain the goal of Cholera elimination by 2030.